Western Wetland Flora

Field Office Guide to Plant Species

Field Marks: This shrubby willow may be distinguished by its usually toothless, smooth leaves up to 3/4 inch wide.

Habitat: Along streams, moist meadows, fens.

Habit: Shrub with numerous trunks, up to 10 feet tall.

Twigs: Reddish brown, smooth, shiny.

Leaves: Alternate, simple, elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 2 1/2 inches long, up to 3/4 inch wide, pointed or rounded at the tip, rounded or tapering to the base, paler on the lower surface, smooth at maturity, without teeth; leaf stalks up to 1